The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 06, 1914, Image 3
ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES.
What It M??n? In Air Pr?Mur? Whtn
the Barometer Fall*.
It is not on tun oinmoii iii ctr
lain seasons of tin* year lor the ba
remoter to tddft ail ln< h within twen
ty-four bourn Sometimes the change
is oven gmjjor KOW ^wrxons have
nny Idea what tremendous changes In
ill. atmosphere art- Indh alcd bv Mtrh
ii rise or foil In tlu* mercury rolumu.
A ruble im li or" ineivury wrighs half
a pound. When the tuercury falls an
ln?'|) n weight of one ion Is removed
from oy^ry 4.000 square inches of
surface/ Thla la a tun for every area
0V( ami a quarter iWl square. if
your house. for instance, |* 'J5 by -10
feet, with All area til* l.tHK) square feet,
n load of alaqit thirty six tons Ik lift
ad from the roof every time the ha- ,
roineirr shows an ln< Ii fall Unit Is. a
thirty-six ton loud would be lifted If
| lie house were air tight. But as- air
presses li?* every direction tbare |h mm
much of a push upward against the
roof from helnw as there Is of a push
downward from a hove, So t be roof
actually feels no effect from iho re
moval of this lieilvy load
In the same way a man of average
tdj?e would lie relieved of a weight of
about a ton and a half if there wore
no air chambers In the human body.
It has bean floured that a fall of an
inch in the barometer over a territory
-HK) miles square removes a weight
from the surface of the earth of 100.
OOO.UOO.OOO tons. If lids were Jonded
on freight cars, twenty tons to the car,
and thirty curs to t lie train, more than
200.000,<k)0 trains ,, would lie required
to move It. if eacli train were GOO feet
long they would stretch out In a line
more than 2f> .000.000 miles long.
The only * noise that accompanies
this great transportation fent Is made
by the wind, that does considerable
roaring In the course of such violent
atmospheric changes ? Kansas City
Star
LILIES OF THE BIBLE.
They Are Wind Flowers, as No True
Lilies Grow In the Holy Land.
It is a com too n belief, even ambng
well ill formed people, that tho word
"lily" as used in (he sacred "text means
a real Illy In the modern sense of the
word! This, however, is not the rase
No real Illy growa or over grew with
lti the confines of the Holy Land. The
white lily (Lllium candldutn), which is
often mistaken . for tho plant qf Scrip
ture, is not a native of Pales||ne. nor
can it ho made to grow th6ro, even In
cultivation, without great care.
It .is commonly conceded " that the
plant Christ saw about him during the
Sermon on (he Mount \was the same
plant which .in early spring Is still
found in great abundance in tho val
leys "of that country? namely, the ori
ental wind flower (Anemone coronaria).
The tint of its blossoms fs from blood
red to crimson, and It is called wind
flower, not. as commonly supposed, be
cause (he slender stemmed blossoms
sway in the breeze, hut because the
hairy seeds of softie species are carried
and propagated by the wind.
The fact that Christ used the word
"lily" when a wind (lower or. anemone
was meant need not surprise us. for
the word wiis used as the people of his
day used it. And all the ancient peo
ples, .oven the Greeks. ' employed the
word lllium or lirlon or krlnon when
referring to any plant with a cuplike
flower. Even tod^ay, when scientists
speak of onnijrnop plants, they mention
"water iUles," "lilies of the valley."
etc., although they know full well that
these plants are not real lilies nor
even closely related to them. ? Balti
more American.
Brookfield Wrote With Either Hand.
Among the many accomplishments
possessed by Charles Brookfield was
Hie exceedingly useful art of being
aide to write with either hand. This
he owed to the early training of his
mother, who when the future dramatic
censor was a baby fell a victim to
writers' cramp. She thereupon learn
od to write with the left hand and soon
became proficient. ? In 1864 Mrs. Brook
fleld published her first novel, which
she claimed to haye written through
out with her left hand. As soon as
her children could use a pen they were
taught to hold It in either hand Indif
ferently, and this early training served
Gharles Brookfield in good stead when
he became a prolific author.? London
Graphic. v " ,
The Other W my.
Mrs. Sourspite ? When I gave you
Uiat solemn warnisg / against marry
ing I said that some day yeu would
nog rot 1L That time will come, mark
wy words. Mrs. Newed? That time
hns come. Mrs. Sourspite tgleeftrtlyH
I thought so, Then regret ( your
warriaget Mrs. Newed? Oh, no. I re
gret the warning you gavs me. It
kept me 'from marrying for nearly a
year? Pock.
Strictly Buainess.
"lie's running his business on strict
ly common sense lines."
' "In what way?"
"Well, for Instance, he says he won't
Mre a man who comes from Nsfw York
unless he also knows somethltSr."? De
troit Free Press. ' *"?
( V - 0
Inconsistent.
Poet? You said the other day In your
paper that poverty is not ft crime. Ed
itor?Weil? Poet? And yet you de
cline my versos simply because you
?ay they ate "poor.? Puck.
Qualified His Opinion.
"1 say, caddie, did yon ever see a
worse golf player than. I?" <
"No, hot then, sir, I'm onlJTVbeen
oaddylng for forir years." ? Detroit
, Free Press.
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HUMAN PERVERSITY.
HQW simple It would be '
To keep from sinful way*
If aotliiu wickedly
Untitled on to prnUeJ
' How easily wo in.lKlit
1'ursui' the righteous course
If w u Iii ilohitf right
Wofe. troubled by Nnioiit! *
JIow #*>w of us would cfcro
To ?(> tin. wicked way
' Pi find It brltfhu If there
Wfiu not u prion i pay!
How soon tlufv who |nv? fclrayed
Would turn itwuy from vice
)f vli tUI could ? mud*
To yotu u hwuvy prico!
How k lad wo all would be
To do tho thllltfii wo should
If HlnniMK paid and wo
*. Wero' iuxtMl r<ir .bchuf yoodV
-C'IiIi'uko Itooord- Here lo.
Real Sport.
"Yes," said tilt' uioyk looking man.
'I've no doubt you're ' had sonic gi'eaj
uniting experience* In your travels
i broad."
,"I tin vu indeed."
* "Mou hunting' ?
"Yes " r
"And bear hunting"-^
"Of conrso "
"Well, you just come rou.nd and let
u?y wife take you house hunting and
bargain hunting with i'ter. Then you'll
begin to know wlmt real excitement
is"? Pittsburgh Press.
Made Himself Famous,
Reginald *le Itaehun. profligate son
of a millionaire soaprfiaker. sut up In
; bed and moaned for water,
? "This Is the end ,Dy social ca
reer." he muttered. "I drunk too much
last night at the ball and utaggered
Into everybody."
. " 'Ardly. sir. 'ardlj',** murmured his
valet apologetically. "Every one's
praising you for hluve^lng a new
dance."? Brooklyn I.lfe.
The Reason.
"Do licniiy lias a wonderful ad/nlra-l
lion for that boy of his"
"Yes; t ho' youngster actually talksl
back to his mother.1"? St. Louis Globe- [
DetnocVftt. ' " r ' V ' '
Unreasonable.
A man entered a store and bought
three cigars and lighted one.
"My, this is a rotten cigar!" he ex
claimed.
"Say. man. what n re you complain
ing about?'' replied the dealer. "You
have only three of those cigars and I
have 1.000 Be reasonable."? Kansas i
City Star.
*7T" T >
Choirs Invincible.
She (Whispering In church)? Listen!
tsu't it too ridiculous? The choir is
chanting. "Shall We Know .One An
other Over There?".
He? What's funny about that?
She ? They tire all so jealous of one
another even the pastor can't bring
them to speaking terms.? St Louis Re
public.
Anything to -Plta.se.
. "What's the baby crying for now?"
asked the head of the bouse from the
depth of his paper.
"He wants his own way." answered J
the mpther.
"Well. If it's his." said the absent
minded man, "why don't yon let hitn|
have it?"? Punch.
Tush!
"johuny," said tbe teacher, "whatl
are you looking at behind .-your book?
You've been gazing at it %r half an
hour, j It must Jj* very fttaorbinfp"*.
"Yes'm/" ilpfcpilwl^.lobhny; "It's
sponge. "'-?Sp, vPost-t)tsVn tch.
'
Tit For Tat. ~ -
Husband? Top can pat this down ns|
settled? If I ever get out of it yon will
never catch me in matrimony again.
Wife^-You won't If yon depend on
me for reference.? Philadelphia Public
Ledger. ?
PhiloeopHy.
"Yon iQVe life, don't you?"
? "I confess I do."
"But you can't stay eternally young." I
"Well, I'll be satisfied to remain cter- !
nally old."? L'lllustratlon (Parlrf).
Mre. Twiokembury.
"Yes." said Mrs. Twlckenborir, "Ij
had a dreadful fall on the consecrated
sidewalk in front of the fchurcb. Why.
I was unconscientious for two whole]
hours."? Christian Register.
Hie Time.
"When does your husband find time
to do all bis reading?" '
"Usually when I want tr tell him
something Important"? Detroit Free.
Press.
One Kin*!.
VI love the noises of the woods."
"Then I suppose yon l!k?r the bark of
the df?iitvo.*?lT'? Baltimore American.
NO 8ciaoti?U In Burglary.
"Hcientiflc burglary absolutely d<&'*
not exist," says M Xavlor (iulcluird,
one of the f?n f 1 1 1 < ? }. t dotcfiue authoil
tics of I'iuii*. And nw^ay lit one swoop
t)J dill' i I I u'.ll \ lil.illf- t tit* walkin
wonder of hattschivukim.' ? uvid safe
< j.' > ii ... i \\ it,, c jx .t\iMllo;:->
equipment n w !?!:/. v ih, to . i up of
dlnury boll , and law's. Alottq with I In*
ificntlfj ? I ? 1 1 : . t : t ^ \vi? i:i;i) P 'a e
in t lie all vy oi the juyiiexistunt 1 1?> J
s< >i i ; 1 1 lii;;!t\vsyii',i i. t !ti-. ; .??!! . lell ia II hill' j
If III I', tho A W'lic I. ill )i> ?. attd nil Hich i
illlHH of K'll illlt, III loiliili?bU> oiTeiidot's, J
"WJuit people do luil routine," ,M.
(iuichard continues, thin burglars
belong to no inferior (.undo of human
? Itv n nd are very seldom intelligent.",
I'litin fart* of r?y. urd have a)iu'\vn
over and over that h ? iiroor of crUuc
docs not | my, Nov docs it appeal to
till' Intellect, A llliill wltll brains
eudu?h to b.t a ftoieuilllo burglar would
nuLkc an tuistor and bettee living" with
out risks in some honest I1nt?. As t;or
tho romance of crime. ii exists only
in hooks, tind tiie nuiii who writes
about it knowti bettor than to nook it
through experience,- Now York World,
A V/ay to Woo 8lcc,>.
Tho following method is described
as out' which is almost certain to woo
slumber with success: On golm? to
liod you assume a comfortable alti
tude In which every muscle Is relaxed,
but not tiie attitude in which you are
accustomed to fho to sleep, though
something ro^'nibllng it. KVery nioyo.
inent, eoutfhlng. "yawning, is strictly
repressed, especially tiie desii'e to turn
over. ' The .same attitude is maintained
without change, constantly resisting
the longing to move dr turn over,
As a rule, hy the end of fifteen or
twenty minutes of this persistent main
tenance of the same attitude you will
find yourself growing very drowsy, and,
then, just as" the dosjre to turn over
becomes absolutely uiicontrollahle, you
turn with the least possible eftort and
assume tho position in which you ha
bitually go to sleep, and natural sleep
follows at once. This method. It is
claimed, seldom fails and should be
given a thorough trial, at least before
resorting to a drug to iJring sleep.
Queer Taxes Abroad.
There are some queer 'taxes Imposed
ill some of the countries .of the old
world. ?>
In Sorvla vanity is taxed, a 44) per.
, cent tax on wigs, oh rouge and on pads
and hustles.
Bachelors are heavily taxed In sev
eral countries, hut spinsters every
where escape this impost.
t Matrimony is taxed lu China, and tho
older the bridegroom Is than tho bride
the- greater I lie tax levied, on him. It
is the wise Chinese theory that when
an old man gets a young- Wife lie is
necessarily a rich old man and 'one
well able to stand a heavy tax.
In Italy salt is taxed. Matches are
taxed in France. These tilings yield
an ojioVrtious revenue, and the. tax Is
very little felt.
Germany taxes music. If you play
the piano you must pay 'a tax, and If
yon siller you are taxed agaiy.
Semiprecious Metals.
It appears fnfm recent zoological
survey publications that the "semi
precious" metals are copper, lead and
zinc. Where onlekaUvcr and tin get
off on this classification we are not In
formed^ .Aluminium- also* sometimes
igjills higher than the three first men
tioned v and antimony for more than
lead and zinc. These are probably the
quasi precious metajs. When we were
, younger the metals were classed as
precious and common, we belleveV Now
probably iron Is alone in the "com
mon" category. What is the use any
way?If there are no privates in an
army what is the joy in being a jjor
poral, and why "semiprecious0 if there
is going to l>e only iron besides?? En
gineering^ and Mining Journal.
Woefully Mistaken.
"I suppose," fjald the new saleswom
an, "that you want a suit that will
make .you look attractive to your hus
band?" ?
"Attractive to my husband!" echoed
the shopper. "I should say not. He
wouldn't know. If I wore a suit ten
yearsflold. What I want is something
that will make my next doot neighbor
turn a pale pink green with envy.M?
Buffalo Express.
\L
Ingenuous Daughter.
"What is it j'our husband want* jto
see me about, Delia?" asked Mrs. Burr
rough's father.
"Why, father," said Delia, "I think
he wanted to borrow a couple of hun
dred dollars from you. He's fio anx
ious to get out of debt."? Lippincott's.
Comica'a Forest*.
The forests of Corsica, the little la
land upon which Napoleon Bonaparte
was born, are managed by the French
government.-' They produce' lumber,
firewood turpentine* and all parts
of the yarrows trees are far more close
ly utilized than in America.
Too Wabbly.
It sometimes happens that when a
man arrives home at 2 a. m. and his
wife commands him to go straight up
stairs tombed she is attempting the im
possible.? Chicago News.
Up to Dats.
Old Fashioned Individual? Well, lit
tle man, bxilldlng a castle? Up to Dato
Infant? Nope. This Is a hotel; there's
no money In eafltles.~-Harper's Maga
zine.
What Money Can't Buy.
Money will buy ft. lot of things, btft
It can't buy vhe loyalty of a dog or
the friendship of a baby.? Cincinnati
Enquirer.
TO MR. BUSINESS MAN
IS there anything about your business which
if other people knew would induce them to
, patronize you? If you say "Yes," then say
that calls for the use of printer's ink. Of
course we will admit that a number of people
already know these facts about you, but sup
pose' more khew them! Couldn't you serve
more people without adding much, if anything,
to your expense? , If you say "Yes," we say
that condition calls for printer's ink. It's our
job to help a business man stretch himself?
multiply himself ? to help him carry his message
to thoseswho should have it. This means the
use of printer's ink. We hereby offer you our ,
services, our experience in printing, our facil
ities for printing, our ideas as to good printing,
and if you will give us a chance - to serve you,
we'll make your business bigger. No miracle
about this ? just the sensible application of printers ink.
Can't We Serve You ?
? ? 1